TONY AWARD disgrace!!!- Page 3

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:49pm

Haha... thank you, Margo. I didn't remember.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:50pm

In my opinion, "Kiss of the Spider Woman" deserved everything that it won.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:52pm

i agree that tommy did not deserve to win the tony...I saw the show with my family and we all disliked it.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:52pm

And Mary Stuart Masterson losing to Jane Krakowski
Antonio Banderas losing to Harvey Fierstein
HAIR not being nominated for best musical!!!!!

[bryan]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:52pm

i wanted wicked to win

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:54pm

Wasn't Hair nominated for Best Musical? I thought it was...

It lost to either Promises, Promises or 1776... I think it was 1776.

ALL great shows.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:54pm

you may have wanted wicked to win but Ave Q deserved to!

I agree that Mary Stuart Masterson losing to Jane Krakowski..but Jane krakoski won because she flew in on a sheet hanging from the ceiling

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:54pm

Taboo not being nominated for best musical over THE BOY FROM OZ
CAROLINE losing to AVENUE Q

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:55pm

I say it once. I say it again. I am still UPSET about RAGTIME.

Always will be.

[Derek]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:55pm

Godspell only being nominated for like 2 things lol

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:56pm

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cavanaugh, Movin' Out
John Dossett, Gypsy
Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Corey Reynolds, Hairspray
Keith Roberts, Movin' Out

One of these just doesnt belong, one of these just aint like the rest. Hmm. Yes *I* would have put Matt Morrison in there, but even if not, I still dont get Cavanaugh's nomination in the category. I thoroughly enjoyed him but maybe he shouldve gotten a special recognition or something different than this.

I havent really been paying too much attention to the Tonys till recently so thats pretty much the only one that really bothered me. Other times when I disagreed with the winner/nominations, it was usually over a show I never got to see so I figured I just missed something.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:57pm

Both were great, but I agree that MSM should have won over Jane. Her character is much more important to the plot, and she has the two best songs in the show: "Be On Your Own" and "My Husband Makes Movies". She gets my vote over Karen Akers as Best Luisa Ever!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:58pm

I said it once. I say it again.
RAGTIME not winning.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:59pm

Cavenaugh deserved it over Roberts, but both were so questionable - same with Ashley Tuttle for MOVIN OUT. And I don't feel that Dick Latessa should have won - I still think John Dossett should have.

[keggss23]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:59pm

JoeKv99 - Jerry Herman's speech when he won for "La Cage" was such a disgrace. It made me so mad!!!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:02pm

Hahaha. BoxOfficeJon, I 100% agree with you. I'm sure many do.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:05pm

For those of you who think that Jerry Herman wasn't dissing Sondheim, here is his acceptance speech:

"There has been a rumor going around the last few years that the simple, hummable showtune...was no longer welcome on Broadway. Well, this proves that it is alive and well at the Palace Theatre."

He gave Sondheim the stink eye while he was saying it, too.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:07pm

Pippin not winning best score or best musical
Ditto for JCS and Godspell
TLK winning over Ragtime

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:08pm

What did PIPPIN loose to? If I remember correctly, they deserved it.

[Derek]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:09pm

I dont get it though...i saw this clip on that broadway PBS special. I dont think he was saying it to Stephen. No offence, I love Sondheim but his scores are not really simple lol. I think he was just happy. His La Cage score was an old fasioned type score, i think thats what he meant

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:11pm

Don't get me wrong; I'm a big fan of Herman's work. I've seen this revival of "La Cage" twice. But eberybody in that room knew who he was saying that to.

[MatureDignity]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:21pm

IMO, Raúl deserved the Tony over Michael Cerveris. I was much more impressed with other cast members in Assassins.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:21pm

Pippin lost to A Little Night Music. While it's debatable, I don't think anyone would say that the win was totally unfounded.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:24pm

No, I would definitely say that A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC rightfully won - it's a brilliant show.

As far as Raul Esparza, because I liked taboo and I like his work I would have liked to see him win, but Cerveris earned and deserved his win - he was solid and brilliant and took his role to places no one else in that cast even started to do.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 6:34pm

Jules Fisher should have won for his Angels in America lighting.